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“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCVrOgHq5x
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡic5amYybhU
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwinUuVfuZ5
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSr0oo5wwK
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaG6wNAyCG
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97bKaVDIJ4
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3J2J5zS3zy
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSg71SnBUNk
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CAKEm7eVp
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVpXz3TNbr
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6K7UBKtVU
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnHxsOXV6P
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyn0M8O3R6E
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQ4k5kk0im
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzlh378Gnt
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyds6x2p16R
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSHSqOrsdy
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQvYCzkfwu
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwyu7lFI5v
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIM3JHLX6Rg
parts... Or even -”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqWW5wIhBj
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocUAGtvsbp
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7quiGk8ymA
to read it.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNI3ssxK4kI
A short silence stood between the two of us ...317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UJVtYpa0H
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qc2Febf05
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFo8Vbdy15
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqbG4tKxut
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbSfHXUxdV
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJi6TEYhxe
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblbbi0JmwR
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsdEpPe64B
A long pause took over his person.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cDU9p6nOu
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaO9Z1PEPqa
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYX2VQP997c
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XrRMHpZqZ
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7N6kcueePw
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCPMrXixAq
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbUWl78nlb
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMT0V1kFmwc
you get your hands on all this?”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWfcKiaOwD
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsG7l4Vvi7o
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vRvDqGVTs
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVVqH6rNHF
restlessness.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgmIs7kc4W
“And then you will read it?”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYWH4IAVY0
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVa9HdhjzV
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBTmeZza6X
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4wVzJKxQ3
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mTJ0DJw6W
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusbSi9gz0T
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUBmFpD8GB
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4mtd3pugC
carrying tomes for me regularly.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRTowolMVb
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0iF1exocs
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbzqd3pMZJ
could be in store inside that notebook.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuJKcdUtTM
